New Ulm weekly review., 1887-12-14


8 Do not forget toread Chas. Gebser's
advertisement. His is the only place
where German books can be purchased
in the city.
On the second page we publish the
Presidents message in full. The mes.
sage has one great advantage over.
former ones, it is brief.
Willie Brown, of Winona, is work
ing at the Auditors Office footing up.
the amount of taxes the w. & st. Z.
Land Go. is to pay in Brown county
or is not to pay, as Mr.. Brown says.
It cost Jack Irving forty-fve dollars
to use language intended to provoke an
assault last Saturday. It's best to re-
member that silence is golden. espec.
tally so when you are clearly in the
wrong. In prosecuting offenders
against the public pence the city attor-
ney simply does his duty as an official
and does not act as q private individual.
At the meeting of the Philomathean
society last Monday the question
whether the purchase of the steam
fire engine was a wise act was dis
Ecussed and decidedsein the mega
tive The subject for debate for next
Monday is: ''Who is more useful to
society. the farmer or the mechanic ?''
Hereafter the boys will attempt to make
their programs more interesting by
adding music, declamations and ESSAYS.
A Marshall correspondent of the Pio-
nerr Press says: ''To q quiet observer
out here on the prairie we discover a
thriving city called New Ulm, the home
Of Congressman Lind, Col. Bobleter
and Judge Webber, of the Ninth judici-
al district, and it looks as though Man.
kato was political center in every
thing but politics. John Lind was
elected by the people Of his district
without regard to nationality, because
he had gained their confidence in his
ability and integrity. No man ever
went to congress from Minnesota with
less effort on his part than Mr.. Lind.
His majority will be at least 10000 in
1882
The community was startled last week
that Mrs. G. f. Held had committed
suicide. The reason for her rash deed
seems to have been that Mrs. Held has
! worried a good deal of late about the
financial condition of her husband.
This worked upon her feelings and in a
fit of dependency she decided to take
her life. As near as can be estimated
she must have suicided about three
o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mr.. Held
left the house at two and Mrs. Held bid
him goodbye cheerfully as ever. At
four thirty o'clock Mr.. Held returned
home and not finding Mrs. Held he con-
cluded that she was visiting some one
of her heighbors. He laid down on the
sofa and fell asleep, not waking again
until near nine o'clock. He then got
up, lit lamp and not seeing anything
of his wife he got alarmed and began a
search of the house. Looking up stairs
he discovered that the door leading to
the garrett was open, and holding Up
his lamp he discovered the helpless
body Of his wife suspended from the
ceiling. He cnt down the body and
aroused some of his neighbors, who
went after a physician, but of course it
was too late to revive her. Coroner
Humphrey, who was called, decided
that an inquest was unnecessary and
the body was consigned to its last rest
ing place Saturday. Mrs. Held was a
lady universally beloved and her friends
were greatly shocked and grieved to
hear of how she had terminated her
life.
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